EP0420764A3 - Charge transfer device with meander channel - Google Patents

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EP0420764A3
EP0420764A3 EP19900402694 EP90402694A EP0420764A3 EP 0420764 A3 EP0420764 A3 EP 0420764A3 EP 19900402694 EP19900402694 EP 19900402694 EP 90402694 A EP90402694 A EP 90402694A EP 0420764 A3 EP0420764 A3 EP 0420764A3
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transfer device
charge transfer
meander channel
meander
channel
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Hideo Kanbe
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Sony Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L27/00—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate
    • H01L27/14—Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation
    • H01L27/144—Devices controlled by radiation
    • H01L27/146—Imager structures
    • H01L27/148—Charge coupled imagers
    • H01L27/14831—Area CCD imagers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Solid State Image Pick-Up Elements (AREA)
EP90402694A 1989-09-28 1990-09-28 Charge transfer device with meander channel Expired - Lifetime EP0420764B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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JP250530/89 1989-09-28
JP1250530A JPH03114236A (en) 1989-09-28 1989-09-28 Charge transfer device

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EP0420764A2 EP0420764A2 (en) 1991-04-03
EP0420764A3 true EP0420764A3 (en) 1991-07-24
EP0420764B1 EP0420764B1 (en) 1997-03-19

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EP (1) EP0420764B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH03114236A (en)
DE (1) DE69030227T2 (en)

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KR960001182B1 (en) * 1992-05-20 1996-01-19 삼성전자주식회사 Solid state image pick-up device
US5760431A (en) * 1995-11-29 1998-06-02 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Multidirectional transfer charge-coupled device
KR100239409B1 (en) * 1997-01-25 2000-01-15 김영환 Solid state image sensing device
JP4981255B2 (en) * 2005-01-24 2012-07-18 オンセミコンダクター・トレーディング・リミテッド Charge coupled device and solid-state imaging device
US7602431B2 (en) * 2005-09-28 2009-10-13 Sony Corporation Solid-state imaging element and solid-state imaging apparatus

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US4291239A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-09-22 Rca Corporation Architecture line-transfer CCD imagers
US4380056A (en) * 1980-10-10 1983-04-12 Hughes Aircraft Company Charge coupled device focal plane with serial register having interdigitated electrodes
EP0333260A1 (en) * 1988-03-15 1989-09-20 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Charge-coupled device

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JPS6041374A (en) * 1983-08-16 1985-03-05 Canon Inc Frame transfer image pickup element and image pickup device using this element
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US4291239A (en) * 1980-02-25 1981-09-22 Rca Corporation Architecture line-transfer CCD imagers
US4380056A (en) * 1980-10-10 1983-04-12 Hughes Aircraft Company Charge coupled device focal plane with serial register having interdigitated electrodes
EP0333260A1 (en) * 1988-03-15 1989-09-20 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Charge-coupled device

Non-Patent Citations (3)

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Title
IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, vol. SC-13, no. 1, February 1978, pages 66-70, New York, US; H. SEI et al.: "A meander channel CCD linear image sensor" *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 10, no. 236 (E-428)[2292], 15th August 1986; & JP-A-61 69 173 (SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD) 09-04-1986 *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 9, no. 165 (E-327)[1888], 10th July 1985; & JP-A-60 41 374 (CANON K.K.) 05-03-1985 *

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JPH03114236A (en) 1991-05-15
DE69030227D1 (en) 1997-04-24
EP0420764B1 (en) 1997-03-19
US5075747A (en) 1991-12-24
EP0420764A2 (en) 1991-04-03

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